What's Quixotic?

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Quixotic is a funny word because when we're learning words, we want to know if they're broadly negative or positive. So sometimes the quixotic approach ends up paying off, but to start with, it will be things like, okay, you really are going to change something with peace in the today's world and stuff like that. It can be used in a positive way - I mean, for instance, when you describe there in the Collins down as quixotic person, it could be a person I would like to meet. But now it's negative in the sense that probably was, you know, a lot of the ideas are not very kind of fitted to

Santiago has a top job in the English teaching industry. He is the managing director of English teaching at Oxford University Press. But English is not his first language. He learned it as an adult when he moved to London in his twenties. This conversation explores how he progressed in his English learning and in his career, while dealing with daily challenges and failures in English.

The conclusions are that motivation and positivity are vital, you have to keep going through the difficult times, and you can achieve great things in your career in English even if you're not perfect. This episode should be a boost for the confidence of all English learners! Keep an open mind, keep your eyes on the prize, keep going and your English WILL improve!

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